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ALEXANDRE TANSMAN

(1897-1986)

Symphonies, Volume 2 - Symphonic Testaments

Symphony No. 7 'Lyrique' (1944)

20:56

À Igor et Vera Stravinsky

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Andante sostenuto - Allegro con moto - Andante cantabile -

7:17

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Andante cantabile -

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Scherzo. Molto vivace

4:33

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Final. Adagio - Allegro deciso - Meno mosso - Più lento -

5:01

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Musique pour orchestre (Symphony No. 8) (1948)

21:45

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Allegro con moto

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Élégie pour orchestre. À Franz André. Lento

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Scherzo. Molto vivace - Subito lento - Tempo I - Lento -

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Finale. Andante sostenuto - Allegro deciso

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Symphony No. 9 (1957-58)

21:35

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Allegro con moto - Un poco più lento - A tempo

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Grave - Più lento - Tempo I

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Molto vivace - Perdendosi

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Lento - Allegro con moto, molto risoluto

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Also available as SACD CHSA 5054

Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Conductor:Oleg Caetani

28 August-1 September 2006

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Notes

TANSMAN: SYMPHONIES NOS 7, 8 & 9These three works form Volume 2 of the series of Symphonies recorded by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oleg Caetani. Tansman was Polish by birth but spent much of his creative life in Paris. Whilst most of his French colleagues had abandoned the 'symphony' as a form of composition, Tansman embraced it and used it for the better part of his creative life. Sadly he never heard his Symphony No. 9, completed in 1958, performed during his lifetime and since his death his music had been largely neglected. International Record Review commented after the release of Volume 1, 'I really do believe that Alexandre Tansman's time has come there's no need to hesitate over Oleg Caetani's performances'.

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Reviews

Diapason d'Or

Sound 4/5 SACD Sound 4/5

Jean-Charles Hoffele - Diapason magazine (France) - 2008

Oleg Caetani and his down-under musicians give this hair-raisingly impetuous but always disciplined music the strongest possible advocacy, with Chandos’ Super Audio engineering adding an ambience and finish of hyperreality. This CD is the best possible introduction to a composer who deserves far wider exposure. The 2008 Want List begins to grow.

Fanfare

Tansman’s judgement was perhaps both right and misplaced: there is much to admire, especially in the concluding double fugue, but as a whole the symphony does seem a bit of a let-down, despite the committed advocacy of Caetani and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Their Seventh and Eighth are splendid indeed. The Chandos sound is excellent and, even if No. 9 misfires, this is a disc well worth investigating

Gramophone

Oleg Caetani and his down-under musicians give this hair-raisingly impetuous but always disciplined music the strongest possible advocacy, with Chandos’ Super Audio engineering adding an ambience and finish of hyperreality. This CD is the best possible introduction to a composer who deserves far wider exposure. The 2008 Want List begins to grow.

Fanfare

I have no doubt as to the quality of this music, and I am delighted to have renewed acquaintance with a first-class composer through such excellent recordings as these. The quality of music surely demands the permanence of recording, and I could not imagine this important undertaking better done than by the first-rate Melbourne SO and its gifted conductor. This CD is an important addition to the catalogue and the recording quality is state-of-the-art.

International Record Review

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